diff --git a/src/applications/badges/editor/PhabricatorBadgesEditor.php b/src/applications/badges/editor/PhabricatorBadgesEditor.php
index e71dd622c8..45a42a3362 100644
--- a/src/applications/badges/editor/PhabricatorBadgesEditor.php
+++ b/src/applications/badges/editor/PhabricatorBadgesEditor.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ final class PhabricatorBadgesEditor
       case PhabricatorBadgesTransaction::TYPE_ICON:
         return $object->getIcon();
       case PhabricatorBadgesTransaction::TYPE_QUALITY:
-        return $object->getQuality();
+        return (int)$object->getQuality();
       case PhabricatorBadgesTransaction::TYPE_STATUS:
         return $object->getStatus();
       case PhabricatorBadgesTransaction::TYPE_AWARD:
diff --git a/src/applications/badges/storage/PhabricatorBadgesTransaction.php b/src/applications/badges/storage/PhabricatorBadgesTransaction.php
index f088c2d973..22505b247e 100644
--- a/src/applications/badges/storage/PhabricatorBadgesTransaction.php
+++ b/src/applications/badges/storage/PhabricatorBadgesTransaction.php
@@ -105,14 +105,14 @@ final class PhabricatorBadgesTransaction
         }
         break;
       case self::TYPE_QUALITY:
+        $qual_new = PhabricatorBadgesQuality::getQualityName($new);
+        $qual_old = PhabricatorBadgesQuality::getQualityName($old);
         if ($old === null) {
           return pht(
             '%s set the quality for this badge as "%s".',
             $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid),
-            $new);
+            $qual_new);
         } else {
-          $qual_new = PhabricatorBadgesQuality::getQualityName($new);
-          $qual_old = PhabricatorBadgesQuality::getQualityName($old);
           return pht(
             '%s updated the quality for this badge from "%s" to "%s".',
             $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid),